Boston Made: From Revolution to Robotics, Innovations that ...
Tue, Jun 15
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History of Boston Innovation (Exhibit at Logan Airport)


Time & Location
Jun 15, 2021, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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About the event
A fascinating look at how Boston became, and remains, a global center for innovation, told through 50 world-changing inventions.
Since the 1600’s Boston has been at the forefront of world-changing innovation from inventing the telephone, through the electrical breakthroughs which transformed public transportation with the invention of the subway, through becoming the first state to end slavery, and giving birth to organ transplant, as well as the medical breakthroughs like the anti-covid vaccines which have transformed our lives this Spring.
In total Boston-area inventors have contributed more than four hundred stand-out social and scientific innovations, and uncounted numbers that are less well know. Robert Krim & Alan Earls Boston made is the first time that the story has been laid out to the public.
In fact fresh waves of innovation have brought he city back from major economic collapses. Krim sets out the five innovation drivers , including strong entrepreneurship,…